I have no problem with colin firth movies - but historical movies about the brits make me want to vomit - my gf tried to get me to go see it but i have a standing refusal to see any movie on the big screen that doesn't really require it (i mean come on - movies are too expensive and the only movie i paid to see on screen last year was trek and that was worth it - this year though a bunch is coming) and she knows she'll get it on netflix and watch it upstairs while i'm watching something she won't like :)

Yeah, I expected to hate it too. For one, I'm not a big fan of the house of windsor. And I tend to dislike those quality mid-brow british productions that taste of pbs fundraiser specials. Nevertheless, I ended up liking the damn movie despite myself. It was just well done on many levels -- even the wallpaper was cool. Not as fun as Black Swan, but heartwarming in a way that failed to nauseate.

I'd rather not let KMart get started. Put Iguodala on him from the start. Iguodala will get more respect from the refs when KMart tries to draw fouls. And If Iguodala draws 2 fouls just put Turner on him and move Iguodala to another man.

See - that's just kind of awesome - it reminds me of Ryan Howard - who still gets an allowance from his CPA parents to make sure he doesn't over spend his money (side note for those who don't know - ryan howard is the runt of his siblings - think about that for a minute)

Yahoo.com - the game center is quite nice - and it's not nba.com - most league sites are bad - but i find NBA.coms especially poorly designed - they're all WAY too auto play video heavy - it's not as bad as MLB's (which is pretty bad) but it's close

Well they aren't going out of business - but they are closing down stores - we had a big one (that put my favorite 'local' out of business about 5 years ago) shut down rather quickly -0 the barnes & noble closed a couple weeks after that.

I've never heard of a Barnes and Noble closing. In my part of the suburbs, there are 2 within 7 minutes of each other, and 4 within 20 minutes of my house. Barnes and Nobles per square mile are probably only surpassed by Starbucks and McDonald's.

I remember talking to the 'sci fi' guy at my favorite local when he told me that they were opening a borders down the street - i looked at him and said 'you guys have six months' - he agreed - they were gone in 3

That was really weird though, he just sort of floated back toward the baseline or something. The guy running the wing hadn't even got mid-lane deep out on the wing and Dre just drifted off to the side on the baseline while Lowry goes straight down the lane for the lay-in.

In today's episode of As the Rookie Class's World turns, Ed Davis had 8 and 13 in 22 minutes, on 4-5 shooting, while Derrick Favors, in his never-ending quest to put up the quietest lines of an NBA starter since the days of Michael Curry, has 2 points, 5 rebounds and 4 fouls in 15 minutes. Wesley Johnson, Eddie's Heady's preferred pick at #2, has, through three quarters, come off the bench to miss two threes, get two turnovers, and pull down two rebounds; Griffin has 25, 6 and 4 through three. Eyenga probably had the dunk of the night, and Cleveland's probably about to beat the Lakers. Cousins has been lousy.

By the way, if a guy misses his shot, gets his miss, misses his shot, gets his miss, tips it in on the third try, that sequence makes him look inefficient, but is that fair? Because they're not really using 3 possessions, they're using one. It's very different than going 1 for 3 in three different possessions.

I'm just asking a question honestly - what the frack was up last night - where was that energy - why didn't it show up in the second half with adjustments? I'm not blaming anyone - I just wanna know why they were SO BAD last night - there's no real excuse.

BTW - Doug collins was the head coach of a lot of teams right before they won a title in cluding the pistons with larry brown - rick carlisle obvious not relevant to these guys

There seems to be a point in the game where doug collins decides (especially with a lead) - these are the guys i'm going with for the rest of the game (sometime in the fourth) but i maybe it's just my perception.

I like that he just held it and heaved - I don't like those 'get it at the end when no one cares' things.

He got his in the flow of the game - he just had an awful shooting night - but at least compared to last night he had some strong passing and rebounding (and defending)

I'm still very confused about exactly what happened last night - not to blame anyone - but come on - how do they have all that energy during the back to back and just stunk on ice after the two days off?

Don't an alarming number of turnovers and a lack of a post presence on defense explain it? Along with your best player laying arguably his biggest egg of the year. It's just called an off night. The Lakers are great and they even just had one.

Happy that Thad has gotten back to his relentless attacking style lately, thats good to see. Even Hawes was able to contribute on the offensive end! And his defense was only pathetic as opposed to nonexistent tonight.

No, although you forgot to mention the 12 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. There are some major positives there. And weirdly enough, even though he played 38 minutes and his team lost by 16, he somehow pulled a plus-minus off of +2. So in the ten minutes he was out, they were 20 points worse than when he was in. On an amusing but admittedly meaningless note, the premier young perimeter player in the league, as I think you've called him, only played 21 minutes tonight because in those 21 minutes he picked up 5 fouls. He also was 1-7 from the field, for 4 points. His ostensibly worse backcourt teammate scored 35 on 25 shots, with 7 assists. And of course, Aldridge continued to dominate tonight with 34 on 13-18 shooting, leading a team that currently goes 8 deep, with Patty Mills as the 8th man and Dante Cunningham as the starting center, to their 6th straight win. With that win, they improve to 32-24 and take 5th place in the West. If the MVP's the player who means the most to his team, I think Aldridge deserves some fourth or fifth place votes.

If they refuse to play him, that's what his value will become - and if they refuse to play him, I don't know why we don't go ahead and move him for an okay role player and a second-round pick. Only good things can come of second-round picks (actually, that's not always true - if you get a decent player in the second round, there's a tendency to overvalue him and give him too much money, like Willie Green - or, they could just walk after a year, like Wesley Matthews).

Looking at Camby's numbers he has been just as efective in the games he played then he was in the past few years. Although he does not give you much of anything on offense. But how is he on defense (aside from rebounds and blocks.) Could he man up against Boozer/Bosh/KG?

If so, the Sixers would actually be formidable defensively across the board.

If the cost is Speights and the expirings, it's almost a no brainer. I'd be ok with throwing in a pick if they have to. I really think Collins could get this team to do some great things defensively with a true anchor. Camby isn't what he was, but he's still one hell of an upgrade.